Produce-carrier



(No Model.)

H. 0. WELTNER,

PRODUCE CARRIER. No. 603,000. Patented Apr. 26, 1898.

INVENTOR 4 Rom CWZmezr UNlTED Srnrns RORA G. "WELTNER, OF ROXALANA, WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR 6F ONE- IIALF TO A. B. JORDAN, OF SPENCER, NEST VIRGINIA.

PRODUCE-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 603,000, dated April 26, 1898. Application filed February 12, 1897. Serial No. 623,056. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROB-A O. WELTNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Roxalana, in the county of Roane and State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Produce-Carriers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to :0 which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has reference to a novel construction in a produce or parcel carrier; and it consists in the features of construction hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Fig. 3 is an end View, on an enlarged scale, of the traveling carrier.

This invention although adapted especially for carrying produce of the fields or forests to or from elevated points to the valleys or down hills can be used equally as well in other relations where the same conditions exist. I

will describe the invention, however, as applied especially for use upon the farm for carrying produce of the field down a steep hill.

Referring now to said drawings, 1 indicates a frame that is situated at the bottom of the hill and is fastened by stakes or posts 2, as shown. The said frame 1 is provided with a shaft 3, having a winding-drum t, and which 3 5 is mounted in bearings upon said frame. The

shaft is provided at one end with a crank 5 for rotating the same, while a detent 6 engages a toothed wheel 7 upon the shaft 3 to prevent the latter from turning. The winding-drum consists of a plurality of end pieces or spokes 8, connected at their outer ends by cross-pieces 9, while each of the cross-pieces is provided with a downwardly-extending pin 10 to guide the cable as it winds thereon. The

5 said cable is indicated by 11 and is fastened at its upper end to the post or tree by means of the short chain 12, having a hook 13 at the end thereof to engage the ring 14, at the end of the cable. The said cable 11 forms the track or support for the traveling carrier and is fastened to the drum at its lower end.

The said crank 5 is employed for turning the drum when a small rope or cable is used for the purpose of carrying light loads. When it is desired to stretch the cable to a greater extent, a lever 15 is employed, which is placed with one end against the shaft 3 and resting upon one of the cross-pieces 9. In this way it is seen that greater force can be applied to stretch the rope. lVhen a large cable is used for the purpose of carrying heavy loads and more force is necessary to give the requisite tension, 2. tightening-cable 16 is employed, which is fastened to the drum outside of the pins 10 and wound thereon oppositely to the winding of the cable 11. Then by hitching a team of horses to the end of this tighteningcable 16 it is noted that any desired tension can be attained.

The traveling carrier 17 consists of a frame provided with downwardly-extending arms 18, between which, at the upper ends thereof, is a roller 19 to run upon the cable 11. One of the arms 18 of the carrier is provided at its lower ends with a pivot-pin 20, that is adapted to be held-in a horizontal position or in engagement with the other arm by a pivoted latch-lever 21, having a groove or shoulder 22 at its lower end. The said latch-lever 21 is pivoted to the frame and has an end So projecting some distance above. The upper end of the carrier is provided with a ring, to which a rope 23 is attached, and this rope passes over the pulley 24 on the post or stake 25 at the upper part of the hill, which is suitably fastened, so that it can be paid out or drawn in. Near the bottom of the hill and at the point where it is desired to drop the load is a rigid stop 26, consisting of a crosspiece fastened to the uprights 27. The said cross-piece or stop 26 is in the path of the upper end of the latch-lever 21, so that as the load descends, being carried by the hook 28 upon the pin 20, this latch-lever comes in contact With the stop or cross-piece 2G and is 5 moved a little distance to release the swinging end of the pin 20, which allows the hook to fall therefrom and with it the load. The carrier can then be moved to the upper end of the cable by pulling on the rope 23.

It is understood, of course, that with long articles or packages it is necessary to use two carriers, and in this connection the forward carrier, as shown in dotted lines in the drawings, is provided with a shorter tripping-lever or one not long enough to engage the stop. This tripping-lever, however, is connected with the tripping-lever of the rear carrier by a chain or cable, so that when the trippinglever of the rear carrier is moved it will at the same time move the forward one,a11d thus, both acting simultaneously, both ends of the load will drop at the same time.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a carrier of the kind specified, a frame central portion of the cross-pieces, a crank for turning the shaft of the winding-drum, a cable connected with said winding-drum between the two sets of pins thereon and provided at its outer end with means for attaching the same to a stationary part, and a tightening cable connected with said windingdrum.

2. In a carrier, an inclined cable securely fastened at its opposite ends, and a traveling carrier mounted upon said inclined cable and consisting of a frame comprising two side pieces having a roller at their upper ends, a pivot-pin pivoted to the lower ends of one of said side pieces, and a pivoted latch secured to the other side of said pieces and provided at its lower end with a groove or shoulder to engage the free or swinging end of said pivoted pin, and one end of said pivoted latch extending outwardly and above the upper end of said frame.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

RORA G. XVELTNER.

Vitnesses:

NELsoN OLARKsoN, JACOB NIDAY. 

